Dead Space 2

[Branden_Lucero]

I really enjoyed the demo. It had everything the first game had (it even still manages to make me jump) with the addition of more action packed cut scenes. Personally I felt that a big draw back from the first game, for me personally, was the lack of cut scenes. Now, however, they seem to have changed it and im loving it!

no need for cutscenes in a game like this. though i wish the beginning wasn't narrated.

[riderkid]

no need for cutscenes in a game like this. though i wish the beginning wasn't narrated.

i think its a clue.

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its dr kyne but he's dead, can isaac be hearing him now?

[nemesiswontdie]

Thought the demo was pretty fun. I might give it another go in a hour or so. I'd play it right now but I'm stuck in a massive update atm.

[Mr. Spencer]

no need for cutscenes in a game like this. though i wish the beginning wasn't narrated.

The beginning is simply the newly released "Excavations Trailer".

[Branden_Lucero]

The beginning is simply the newly released "Excavations Trailer".

cool. well that explains how much i've paid attention then.

[Mr. Spencer]

Speaking of he Excavations trailer, it looks as though Franco from Dead Space Ignition will make an appearance in Dead Space 2.





I'm willing to bet that Franco's superior is Daina, that woman we hear from in the Dead Space 2 demo.

[Darkmoon]

I finally managed to play it last night. It was...interesting. A little bit more action than the first game, especially the charge of the grey children, but it still felt fairly terrifying. It helped that I had trouble getting used to the PS3 controller and got myself killed. Isaac talking isn't a big issue for me, although I certainly didn't mind his silent reactions from the first game.

The only real issue I had was the child enemies. I'm never going to be fond of kids in video games as victims like this. I could just about handle the idea that the babies in the previous game were cloned flesh rather than actual kids, but since we're in the middle of a city that isn't really a choice.

[BBboy20]

It's overloading your nerves done right (again).

[Darkmoon]

I watched the E3 Demo a little while ago, and since that demo runs a little futher than the released one (I think...maybe I'm forgetting this bit?) I spotted something...interesting.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QRDVGat7HQ At the end of the trailer, when Isaac has been sucked out the window with the Tripod Necromorph pause around 1:40 and you can see what appears to be the Ishimura. The ship looks damaged, and it's certainly the right configuration, so it seems unlikely to be another Planet Cracker since Ishimura was unique...although it might be her. And yes, the Ishimura deffintely survived the explosion of Aegis VII. The latest novel, Salvage, focuses on that little plot point.

Now, given that Dead Space and Dead Space 2 are three years apart, timewise, and the ship was infected by that lovely creepy goup within hours...how much do you wanna bet the Ishimura is, effectively, one titanic hive mind within a cruchy steel shell? And it certainly explains where the Necromorphs came from for this Outbreak, doesn't it?

[Mr. Spencer]

I always believed that the Ishimura was destroyed at some point following the destruction of Aegis VII. All I know is that it must have drifted away from the planet since by the time the USG O'Bannon arrives there, the Ishimura has gone.

[Darkmoon]

Nah, the Ishimura is still around. As I said, she's the subject of the latest novel, Salvage. As to whether she's still intact at the end of that, I dunno. Haven't gotten the book yet. But the Ishimura, at the very least, survived Aegis VII. Which si pretty damned scary all on it's own.

[riderkid]

we are now 27 days and counting til US release

[nemesiswontdie]

we are now 27 days and counting til US release

Yup. And I'm so glad that DS2 comes out a week after Mass Effect 2 so its perfectly spaced (huurrr get it? spaced? they both take place in space? HERP DERP) apart so I'll be busy with those 2 games for awhile till Killzone 3 comes out.

[BBboy20]

Could it be just another planet cracker? Ishamura maybe the first but I'm doubtful it's shape is that unique.

[Mr. Spencer]

Yup. And I'm so glad that DS2 comes out a week after Mass Effect 2 so its perfectly spaced (huurrr get it? spaced? they both take place in space? HERP DERP) apart so I'll be busy with those 2 games for awhile till Killzone 3 comes out.

See, I like that. I want to get both games, but it's annoying how they both come out in the same month. Then you've got Killzone 3 following not long after that in February, it's going to be a crazy couple of months.